Dutch quiz two men after airport terror arrests
Officials in the Netherlands arrested two men at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Tuesday on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack. Dutch…
View ArticleMaliki: Iraq 'independent' as US troops withdraw
Iraq's prime minister has used a visit by the US vice-president to declare his country independent. Nouri al-Maliki said Iraq had won sovereignty…
View ArticleTour de France legend Laurent Fignon dies
Former cycling champion Laurent Fignon has died of cancer at the age of 50. The Frenchman won the Tour de France twice - in 1983 and 1984. He was…
View ArticleNetanyahu to DC for Palestinian peace talks
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left for Washington on Tuesday for the first direct peace talks with the Palestinians in nearly two years.…
View ArticleShipyard union Solidarity marks anniversary
Poland is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Gdansk accords, which established the Solidarity Trade Union as a workers' body,…
View ArticleEight dead in Mexico petrol bomb attack
At least eight people have died in a petrol bomb attack on a bar in the Mexican holiday resort of Cancun. A group of unidentified people attacked…
View ArticleHermes bounces back
French luxury goods group Hermes saw its operating profit rise by 52 percent in the first half of the year. It came in at 304.5 million euros from…
View ArticleCarrefour's sales mixed
Carrefour said sales were mixed in Europe during the summer but demand is holding up in emerging markets. The world's second largest retailer also…
View ArticleEU's Ashton places China presence before Mideast
Europe's High Representative is in China this week for strategic dialogue with its leaders. Catherine Ashton took time out for play in the ancient…
View ArticleFrench Roma moves and the EU dimension
France's immigration and Europe ministers have been discussing the controversial repatriation of Roma from French territory with the European…
View ArticleAmerica to bear Iraq scars for many years
Artificial limbs and disfigured faces are the most visible cost to America of its Iraq adventure; the thousands of mutilated and dead soldiers that…
View ArticleBratislava killer an "unemployed loner" - police
Details are at last emerging about the man, 48 year-old Lubomir Harman, who shot dead seven people yesterday in Bratislava before shooting himself.…
View ArticleDutch police hold two Yemeni terror suspects
Two men remained in custody in the Netherlands on Tuesday after being arrested at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on suspicion of planning a terrorist…
View ArticleGerman Chancellor slams banker in racism row
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for the dismissal of Bundesbank executive Thilo Sarrazin for anti-semitic remarks. The controversial…
View ArticleFour Israelis shot dead in West Bank
Four Israeli settlers have been shot dead in a car near Hebron in the West Bank in a night-time ambush. The car was attacked at the entrance to the…
View ArticleFrench defend Roma expulsions in Brussels
France's ministers for immigration and European affairs have been discussing the controversial repatriation of Roma from French territory with the…
View ArticleIraq mission not accomplished, says Obama
Barack Obama has said there is still a lot of work to do in Iraq during a speech to American soldiers at Fort Bliss in Texas. The president's…
View ArticleNASA scientists are called in to help Chile's miners
Heavy drilling equipment has begun work on sinking a rescue shaft by which it's hoped Chile's 33 trapped miners will eventually be brought to safety.…
View ArticleUS Iraqi mission ended if not "accomplished"
"Tonight, I am announcing that the American combat mission in Iraq has ended," said US President Barack Obama. " Operation Iraqi Freedom is over, and…
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